ANCR Annual Meeting 2011

ANCR conference 2010

We were delighted to welcome you to the ANCR conference held 9th June to 11th June 2010 in the Faroe Islands, the most appealing destination of 111 islands communities, according to National Geographic (2007).

Prevent workshop 2008

23-24 October 2008 a Prevent workshop took place in Copenhagen at the Danish Cancer Society.

The prevent software can be used to model future cancer incidence as a result of changes in risk factor exposures. The workshop aim was • To make participants familiar with the Eurocadet project• To make participants familiar with the concepts, possibilities and limitations of the Prevent-model • To provide opportunities for computer-based practical analysis of cancer data with PREVENT so they could make their own scenario’s and predictions

A maximum of 20 participants from The Nordic and Baltic countries could take part in the workshop. Participants was selected with a view to possible use and dissemination of the software in each of the Nordic and Baltic countries, and the successful candidates were notified shortly after the deadline for application.

ANCR Symposium 31 August 2005

The main themes for the symposium was "The digital cancer registry - electronic reporting and automated coding of the incoming data" and "the use of cancer data in the Nordic Countries for evaluation purposes and for strategic planning". Of particular interest was the use of survival statistics in this matter.